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It’s an EU law, but it impacts us all in America as well… because you know, every fucking website
It is not an EU law. Nowhere in GDPR are cookie banners mandated.

Actually big tech is to blame: https://killthecookiebanner.eu/

The cookie disaster is thanks to the ePrivacy Directive, which came before GDPR:

- https://www.edps.europa.eu/data-protection/our-work/subjects...

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPrivacy_Directive

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